Multiple Hats is a STEM career podcast for professionals who want more than the 9–5. Hear real stories of STEM professionals reinventing their careers — from scientists turned founders to biotech consultants and entrepreneurs.
Hosted by Angelique Greco, a biotech and health-tech expert with 15+ years across the drug development lifecycle, this show explores how STEM careers can evolve into entrepreneurship, thought leadership, and portfolio work that truly matters.
Through in-depth conversations with entrepreneurial STEM professionals, you’ll discover:
You will hear:
For who:
Scientists, PhDs, engineers, clinicians, biotech consultants, tech pros including women balancing STEM careers with motherhood while fighting stereotypes.
Why listen:
Representation and role modelling matter. Bold and brave STEM professionals share how they carved their own paths — so you can too.
🎙 New episodes weekly. Follow now to reinvent your STEM career and design work on your own terms.
STEMM = Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Medicine
Visit my website https://angeliquegreco.com.au/ for short bite insights and on how to start crafting your message to set you on track for the career your want (Discover, Articulate, Master).
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Multiple Hats is a STEM career podcast for professionals who want more than the 9–5. Hear real stories of STEM professionals reinventing their careers — from scientists turned founders to biotech consultants and entrepreneurs.
Hosted by Angelique Greco, a biotech and health-tech expert with 15+ years across the drug development lifecycle, this show explores how STEM careers can evolve into entrepreneurship, thought leadership, and portfolio work that truly matters.
Through in-depth conversations with entrepreneurial STEM professionals, you’ll discover:
You will hear:
For who:
Scientists, PhDs, engineers, clinicians, biotech consultants, tech pros including women balancing STEM careers with motherhood while fighting stereotypes.
Why listen:
Representation and role modelling matter. Bold and brave STEM professionals share how they carved their own paths — so you can too.
🎙 New episodes weekly. Follow now to reinvent your STEM career and design work on your own terms.
STEMM = Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Medicine
Visit my website https://angeliquegreco.com.au/ for short bite insights and on how to start crafting your message to set you on track for the career your want (Discover, Articulate, Master).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if your enthusiasm—not your credentials—was the spark that could turn your STEM career into a launchpad of endless opportunities?
🔍 What You’ll Learn:
If you’re a STEM professional who feels boxed in, Nina Hooper’s story shows how you can turn your own spark of curiosity into life-defining opportunities. From interning with a Nobel Prize winner to Harvard and Stanford, launching startups, and now helping build a company mining the moon, Nina reveals how to reinvent your career by standing out, stepping out, and showing up.
🎯 Press play to learn how to make your STEM background the launchpad for entrepreneurship, visibility, and influence.
🧠 About the Guest:
Nina Hooper is an Australian aerospace engineer turned entrepreneur and investor. From interning with Nobel Prize winner Brian Schmidt to studying at Harvard and Stanford, launching her own ventures, and working in venture capital, she’s now Director of Business Development at Interlune, a company pioneering lunar resource extraction. Nina is passionate about helping others see curiosity as a career driver and visibility as a catalyst for influence.
📌 Episode Highlights:
00:00 Curiosity as the spark for aerospace engineering
The promise of helium-3 and the future of lunar energy resources
04:15 How a Nobel Prize connection changed Nina’s trajectory
08:30 Why enthusiasm makes you stand out in STEM
13:45 From Harvard to NASA: chasing vision over comfort zones
20:10 Selling ideas with energy and conviction
25:50 Lessons from founding a STEM education startup
32:00 Flipping the script: moving into venture capital
37:45 Working smarter, not harder in STEM careers
42:00 Why visibility and storytelling matter more than great work alone
🔗 Resources Mentioned:
🤔 Reflection Time:
Want to craft a career story that opens doors?
I help STEMM professionals speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose and show up as thought leaders —so the right opportunities find you.
📬 Let’s connect: angeliquegreco.com.au | LinkedIn
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